Spinal metastasis as the initial manifestation of a nonsecretory glucagonoma

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 190-193

  Aggarwal, Anjana ^a   Brainard, Jennifer ^a   Brotman, Daniel J ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GLUCAGONOMA; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE; RASH; SPINE METASTASIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; FEMALE; GLUCAGONOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037328453     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.SMJ.0000051272.02055.A6     Document Type: Article

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